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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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It is no shame at all to work for money.
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Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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